Buckley column: State surplus: How about some money for local services?

8:56 PM,
Jan. 21, 2014

Two Rivers City Manager Greg Buckley

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Greg Buckley
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There have been plenty of headlines over the past week about the projected budget surplus of $912 million for the current two-year state budget.

There's no denying this is good news and it seems likely that Wisconsin taxpayers will see the benefit of state tax revenues exceeding budgeted spending, with some form of tax cut from Madison.

That said, Wisconsin's local governments are asking the governor and state Legislature to also consider the funding needs of Wisconsin's local governments. Here at the local level, we saw various municipal funding programs cut by more than $100 million in ...